What does the color of these spark plugs tell you?
What does the color of these spark plugs tell you?
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panic

Original Poster:

817 posts

305 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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Today I've changed the spark plugs in my griffith 500 (the car sounded short of power...) and they looked like the pic below.

I've never seen this blonde color on my spark plugs, I know they want to tell a ''story'' about the engine, can you understand what they're trying to tell? My opinion: the engine is short of fuel...

Thanks a lot.


Pupp

12,847 posts

294 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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What fuel do you normally use and what oil is in the engine? Any additives?

Chuffmeister

3,597 posts

159 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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It looks like they've rusted. Is there coolant or moisture getting into the cylinder? Any loss of coolant? Has the car been stood for a long time?

Pupp

12,847 posts

294 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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Rust? On the porcelain insulator? Suspect the OP might have been using an octane booster...

Chuffmeister

3,597 posts

159 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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A quick search on the net produced MMT fouling, additives,octane boost etc:

http://www.classictruckshop.com/clubs/earlyburbs/p...

panic

Original Poster:

817 posts

305 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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Octane booster, they're saying ''octane booster''...and use us more often, the car has been most of the time in the garage for the last year or so...

Thanks a lot!